Learning Chinese Word

Dear friends, We will learn few Chinese words about sweet 甜 and sugar 糖, salty 鹹 and 鹽 salt in this lesson. Some of them are in complicated traditional Chinese characters, but don't worry about that, you don't need to memorize the handwriting of them. What our purpose is learning the pronunciation by pinyin of each character/word throughout the whole phrase, to understand more Chinese idioms for your practice. Please watch the instruction video as follow: The first part of the first phrase is a Chinese idiom format: adjective + negative adjective as like: Is it sweet enough? 甜不甜 甜(sweet) + 不甜(not sweet) This is a Chinese idiom form for  an interrogative sentence, expecting on the two opposite answers: 甜(sweet) or 不甜(not sweet) and the following part of the  interrogative sentence: Do you want to add sugar? 要不要加糖 要不要(Do you want..) + 加(add) + 糖(sugar) Please note here is another similar idiom format: verb + neg...

Dear friends, We are going to learn few words about weather 天氣, please watch the video for the lesson today: The first phrase contains three Chinese words: Nice weather today 今天天氣好 今天(today) + 天氣(weather) + 好(nice) 今天(today) and  天氣(weather) are both 2-character word, please check the analysis of the vocabulary of this lesson via:  http://www.chinese-word.com/lessons/lesson-33.html The last character 好 ( hǎo ) in the phrase is an adjective, which means "good, nice, fine, okay." We will see this Chinese character 好 from time to time under different circumstances. the second phrase is: sunny fine weather 晴朗好天氣 the whole phrase could be regarded as a clause, "sunny fine weather" the structure is: 晴朗(sunny) + 好(fine) + 天氣(weather) here the 2-character word 晴朗(sunny, qíng-lǎng ) is an adjective, means "sunny; clear; cloudless," please check the analysis of the vocabulary of this lesson via:  http://www.ch...

Dear friends, This lesson is talking about the 2-character Chinese word 做事 (handle things, doing things) with some adjective words in the example phrases. Please watch the video and learn the Chinese words used as adjective and adverb. The first 2 phrases are two comparative sentences: I am doing things very slowly. 我做事很慢 我(I) +做(do) +事(thing) +很(very) +慢(slow) She is doing things very quickly. 她做事很快 她(she) +做(do) +事(thing) +很(very) +快(quick) The next 2 phrases are another tow comparative sentences: I am doing things carefully. 我做事小心 我(I) +做(do) +事(thing) +小心(careful) She is doing things boldly. 她做事大膽 她(she) +做(do) +事(thing) +大膽(bold) In the last 2 phrases, we add two idioms onto the previous two comparative sentences: I am careful to do things slowly. 我做事小心慢慢來 我(I) +做(do) +事(thing) +小心(careful) + 慢慢來(slowly) note: the 3-character Chinese idiom 慢慢來 can be translated as "take...

Dear friends, Here is the Chinese lesson I have just created today, it all about the basic phrase "I am sorry" with several variations: The first 3-character phrase is very basic, it's "I am sorry" in modern Chinese. I am sorry 對不起 and the second part of the sentence is "my fault" my fault 我的錯 Now we can make a little variation about the "I am sorry" phrase as following: I'm so sorry 我很對不起 the structure is: 我 (I) + 很 (very) + 對不起 (sorry) note: the 3-character word 對不起 (sorry) is an adjective in this sentence, not an independent 3-character phrase "I am sorry" any more. and the second part "my fault" becomes: It's all my fault 都是我的錯 the structure is: 都 (all) + 是 (is) + 我的 (my) + 錯 (fault) Now let's introduce another 2-character Chinese word about sorry, 抱歉 (pronounced bào-qiàn ) The "I am sorry" ...

Dear friends, Here is an easy lesson for you. I created it in less than one day, so just post on my blog for your reference. The first phrase "May I help you" is easy in English, yet somehow it's a little bit unusual in Chinese, maybe that's because different cultures in using languages while helping people. Anyway, it's not natural in Chinese, it's just a modern literal Chinese translation from English. May I help you? 我可以幫你嗎 This is not an inverted sentence in Chinese, so it starts from the subject 我 (I), then the other part of the sentence, on the end of the phrase, a question tag 嗎 is added to present the whole thing as an interrogative sentence. 我 (I) + 可以 (may) + 幫 (help) + 你 (you) + 嗎 (question tag) The second phrase is asking for help: I need your help! 我需要你的幫忙 the structure is: 我 (I) + 需要 (need) + 你的 (your) + 幫忙 (help) There are many 2-character words in modern Chinese, somehow they are the co...

Dear friends, Here is the Chinese lesson today, please watch the video to learn the easy Chinese phrases: The first phrase is a simple and direct one: I want a glass of water. 我要一杯水 It's the combination of 我要 (I want) + 一杯水 (a glass of water) The second phrase is much polite, adding a "Please 請" Please give me a glass of water. 請給我一杯水 It's the combination of 請 (Please) + 給我 (give me) + 一杯水 (a glass of water) note: in Chinese, 我 (I, me) is the same no matter it's used as a subject or object in a sentence, the same as 你 (you), 他 (he, him), 她 (she, her), or 它 (it). The third phrase is to show the appreciation: Thanks for your water. 謝謝你的水 It's the combination of 謝謝 (Thanks) + 你的 (your) + 水 (water) The next three phrases basically are the same, just replace the drinks, from water to coffee, but note the unit of drink "杯" (a glass of, a cup of) are both the same in moder...

Dear friends, I have just created the new Chinese lesson for today's learning, please feel free to watch the video and learn some basic Chinese words and phrases. Please don't forget to subscribe my YouTube channel, Thank you. The phrases for this lesson are as follow: Why? 為什麼 it could be used as a simple interrogative sentence, or as a 3-character word "why" in a sentence. the 3-character word "why 為什麼" is the combination of "for 為" and "what 什麼," very similar to English word "why" is like "for what." The second phrase is I don't know. 我不知道 is the combination of the following words: I (我) + not (不) + know (知道) The third phrase is a little bit complicated: Do you know why? 你知道是為什麼嗎 is the combination of the following words: you (你) + know (知道) + is (是) + why (為什麼) + 嗎 note: the last character 嗎 is a question tag in Chinese senten...